School Nursing
Historical Perspective - 1902 - correct answer ✔✔Lina Rogers, first school nurse
Assess students' nutritional status
Treated lice, TB, infected wounds
Historical Perspective - 1940's-1950's - correct answer ✔✔Communicable diseases eradicated
immunizations and antibiotic
School nurses hired by school districts
After WWI, attention turned to screening for common health problems, screening for vision and hearing
Historical Perspective - 2012 - correct answer ✔✔49.8 million children attended school every day
45,000 school nurses are in the public schools alone
Community - correct answer ✔✔School-aged children
Parents and guardians
School personnel
Neighborhood residents, businesses, and service agencies
HP2020 - correct answer ✔✔Eliminate preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature death
,Promote healthy development and healthy behaviors across every stage of life
Several objectives toward children w/ disabilities in the schools
Federal Legislation - Public Schools & Children with Disabilities - correct answer ✔✔Section 504 of the
Rehabilitation act of 1973
Americans with Disabilities Act (1990)
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) (1997)
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - correct answer ✔✔Rehab Act - required that federal
agencies not discriminate based on disability
Section 504 - required that all students w/ disabilities have services provided to them in schools
Americans with Disabilities Act (1990) - correct answer ✔✔Required all disabled persons right to non-
discrimination in all public places including employment
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) (1997) - correct answer ✔✔Individualized education
plans (IEPs) - educational plan for special needs school children
Individualized health plans (IHPs) - chronic illness/mental health problems in school
IEPs/IHPs must be updated as the child's needs change
The school must continuously provide appropriate education for the child as identified in the IEP and IHP
, Federal Legislation - Public Schools Standards-Based Education - correct answer ✔✔No Child Left Behind
Act (2001)
Every Student Succeeds Act (2005)
No Child Left Behind Act (2001) - correct answer ✔✔Federal funding for meeting benchmark for
assessments in basic skills
Every Student Succeeds Act (2005) - correct answer ✔✔Replaced "No Child Left Behind"
Narrowed federal government's role, providing more oversight at the state level
Federal Legislation - Public School Health Services - correct answer ✔✔CDC expanded funding for HIV
prevention education
CDC funded School Heath Policies and Practices Study (SHPPS)
Affordable Care Act of 2010
School Health Policies & Practices Study (SHPPS) - correct answer ✔✔Ensuring health school
environment
Provision of health education to students
Encouraging healthy, nutritious school meals
Affordable Care Act of 2010 appropriated resources for: - correct answer ✔✔School-based health
programs - family-centered, community based clinics
School-linked program - coordinated by school w/ community ties
Historical Perspective - 1902 - correct answer ✔✔Lina Rogers, first school nurse
Assess students' nutritional status
Treated lice, TB, infected wounds
Historical Perspective - 1940's-1950's - correct answer ✔✔Communicable diseases eradicated
immunizations and antibiotic
School nurses hired by school districts
After WWI, attention turned to screening for common health problems, screening for vision and hearing
Historical Perspective - 2012 - correct answer ✔✔49.8 million children attended school every day
45,000 school nurses are in the public schools alone
Community - correct answer ✔✔School-aged children
Parents and guardians
School personnel
Neighborhood residents, businesses, and service agencies
HP2020 - correct answer ✔✔Eliminate preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature death
,Promote healthy development and healthy behaviors across every stage of life
Several objectives toward children w/ disabilities in the schools
Federal Legislation - Public Schools & Children with Disabilities - correct answer ✔✔Section 504 of the
Rehabilitation act of 1973
Americans with Disabilities Act (1990)
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) (1997)
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - correct answer ✔✔Rehab Act - required that federal
agencies not discriminate based on disability
Section 504 - required that all students w/ disabilities have services provided to them in schools
Americans with Disabilities Act (1990) - correct answer ✔✔Required all disabled persons right to non-
discrimination in all public places including employment
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) (1997) - correct answer ✔✔Individualized education
plans (IEPs) - educational plan for special needs school children
Individualized health plans (IHPs) - chronic illness/mental health problems in school
IEPs/IHPs must be updated as the child's needs change
The school must continuously provide appropriate education for the child as identified in the IEP and IHP
, Federal Legislation - Public Schools Standards-Based Education - correct answer ✔✔No Child Left Behind
Act (2001)
Every Student Succeeds Act (2005)
No Child Left Behind Act (2001) - correct answer ✔✔Federal funding for meeting benchmark for
assessments in basic skills
Every Student Succeeds Act (2005) - correct answer ✔✔Replaced "No Child Left Behind"
Narrowed federal government's role, providing more oversight at the state level
Federal Legislation - Public School Health Services - correct answer ✔✔CDC expanded funding for HIV
prevention education
CDC funded School Heath Policies and Practices Study (SHPPS)
Affordable Care Act of 2010
School Health Policies & Practices Study (SHPPS) - correct answer ✔✔Ensuring health school
environment
Provision of health education to students
Encouraging healthy, nutritious school meals
Affordable Care Act of 2010 appropriated resources for: - correct answer ✔✔School-based health
programs - family-centered, community based clinics
School-linked program - coordinated by school w/ community ties
